Rilhac-Xaintrie

Rilhac-Xaintrie

Coat of arms
Rilhac-Xaintrie

Coordinates: 45°10′04″N 2°11′53″E / 45.1678°N 2.1981°ECoordinates: 45°10′04″N 2°11′53″E / 45.1678°N 2.1981°E
Country France
Region Limousin
Department Corrèze
Arrondissement Tulle
Canton Saint-Privat
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Laurence Dumas
Area1 25.31 km2 (9.77 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 324
  Density 13/km2 (33/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 19173 / 19220
Elevation 264–653 m (866–2,142 ft)
(avg. 639 m or 2,096 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Rilhac-Xaintrie is a commune in the Corrèze department and Limousin region of central France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962493    
1968537+8.9%
1975509−5.2%
1982439−13.8%
1990383−12.8%
1999330−13.8%
2006317−3.9%
2009324+2.2%

Etymology

The town first appears in charters in the eleventh century, as Rialiaco.

Sights

The castle, dating from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, is a historical site; however, the nineteenth-century building which adjoins it is not protected.[1]

See also

References

  1. Notice de la Base Mérimée (site in French), accessed August 26, 2008.
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